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<h1>About datasets</h1>
<p>Datasets contain data from your data warehouse. You add a dataset to 
 your document when you want to display the data that is part of that dataset. 
 A dataset is the same as a MicroStrategy report: they both define which 
 information the Intelligence Server retrieves from the data warehouse 
 or cache. </p>
<p>The information in a dataset can include attributes, custom groups, 
 consolidations, metrics, and so on. These are dataset objects. As with 
 reports, dataset objects are all of the objects that are part of the definition 
 of the dataset. </p>
<p>If you own MicroStrategy OLAP Services, a dataset can contain a larger 
 set of objects than are actually displayed in the document. This allows 
 analysts to have some flexibility by adding or removing objects from the 
 document as they analyze the data. For more information about these subset 
 reports, see 
<a HREF="Subset_report_as_dataset.htm">Using a subset report 
 as a dataset</a>.</p>
<h2>Grouping and sorting dataset</h2>
<p>A grouping and sorting dataset is the main dataset report allowing you 
 to add objects from it to the grouping section in a document. When you 
 create a new document, you can choose a MicroStrategy report to be the 
 grouping and sorting dataset for the document. The document can be grouped 
 and sorted using fields from the grouping and sorting dataset only. </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: The grouping and sorting 
 dataset is displayed in bold text in the Dataset Objects pane. If a document 
 only has one dataset then, by default, that dataset is the grouping and 
 sorting dataset. </p>
<h2>Related topics</h2>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Add_dataset_to_document.htm">Adding and removing 
 a dataset</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Working_with_multiple_datasets.htm">Working 
 with multiple datasets</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Changing_the_primary_dataset.htm">Changing 
 the grouping and sorting dataset for a document</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Subset_report_as_dataset.htm">Using a subset 
 report as a dataset</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Doc_Editor_Dataset_Objects.htm">Document Editor: 
 Dataset Objects</a></p></li>
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